World War II Honoree

Jack Ellwood Evans

Hometown

Akron, Ohio

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 10 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, DAUPHIN, MANITOBA ON OCTOBER 24, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 71 'EAGLE' SQUADRON', ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. VB (AD196) WAS ATTACKED BY LUFTWAFFE FOCKE-WULF FW 190'S AND LOST WHILE ESCORTING B-17'S TO BOMB TARGETS IN ROTTERDAM ON AUGUST 27, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 103 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND AND ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.